Example sentences of "[unc] of [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report singled out three recent incidents : a demonstration in Kishinev ( the capital ) on Jan. 8 , when a funeral procession for a Moldavian youth who had died in suspicious circumstances had turned into a rally by up to 10,000 people protesting against Soviet and communist rule , and fights had ensued between rival gangs of Moldavian and Russian youths ; a picket of the district Moldavian CP committee building in the town of Chadyr Lunga by members of the Gagauz minority demanding creation of their own autonomous republic ; and a referendum on Jan. 28 called by the city soviet in Tiraspol , Moldavia 's second largest city , in which the predominantly Russian population had voted overwhelmingly ( over 96 per cent of a 92 per cent poll ) to declare greater autonomy for the Tiraspol district and to support the possible declaration of Tiraspol and neighbouring Russian-populated towns as an autonomous republic ( Tiraspol had been one of the main centres of strikes by Moldavia 's Russian and Ukrainian population in August-September 1989 against greater Moldavian language rights — see pp. 36855 ; 36898 ) . |
| 2 | Over 90 per cent of the 97.05 per cent turnout voted for constitutional changes allowing for multiparty politics . |
| 3 | Success now was of the kind associated with Henry Pelham , who during his time at the Treasury from 1749 to 1757 rescheduled almost 90 per cent of the 4 per cent debt , down to 3.5 per cent in 1750 and down again to 3 per cent by 1757 . |
| 4 | Holders of £500 to £1,000 worth formed 31.4 per cent of the East India stock hold-ers , 22.9 per cent of the Bank 's , 18 per cent of the South Sea Company 's and 19 per cent of the 4 per cent 's . |
| 5 | Igor Smirnov had been elected " president " , and 98 per cent of the 78 per cent turnout reportedly had voted for independence . |